-On [20040910 02:22], Matthew Dillon (dillon@apollo.backplane.com) wrote:
> This patch causes the boot1/boot2 code to always try packet mode first
> (if the BIOS supports it), and fall back to CHS mode if it doesn't.
> Previously CHS mode would always be used for requests with cylinder
> numbers below 1024 and packet mode would only be tried for cylinder
> numbers >= 1024. Packet mode for boot0 is still controlled by boot0cfg.
FreeBSD added such a feature about 2 weeks ago. Looks even simpler. I need
to check it out. I'm working my way through the entire boot code anyway
(and documenting it for all to enjoy).
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